Abstract
Solutions to the relativistic string equation are found which correspond to rigid body rotation about the z-axis with azimuthal velocity greater than the velocity of light. If the solutions lie entirely in the x-y plane they are rotating epicycloids, complimentary to the hypocycloid solutions found previously. The use of a general solution to the string equation in terms of two arbitrary world-lines with null tangents provides an alternative derivation of the rigidly rotating solutions. Refs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Australian Journal of Physics |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1984 |